Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition

This article sets out to explore the way in which women writers of Caribbean origin express various concerns relating to their heritage through poetry which encompasses not only their position as women seen from a feminist perspective but also from historical and contemporary positions in contrasti...

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Main Author: Christine Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza 2000-12-01
Series:Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
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Online Access:https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/11216
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description This article sets out to explore the way in which women writers of Caribbean origin express various concerns relating to their heritage through poetry which encompasses not only their position as women seen from a feminist perspective but also from historical and contemporary positions in contrasting societies. It argues that an overall need to find an identity linked to the past is paramount for establishing a position for women in the future, and that the poetry achieves this through breaking with the traditional notions of women and poets. The article focuses particularly on the work by Grace Nichols and Loma Goodison.
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spelling doaj-art-7ec9d43f3b73438aaa775e2d5d6f4b112025-08-20T02:49:16ZengUniversidad de ZaragozaMiscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies1137-63682386-48342000-12-012210.26754/ojs_misc/mj.200011216Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming TraditionChristine Harris0Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha This article sets out to explore the way in which women writers of Caribbean origin express various concerns relating to their heritage through poetry which encompasses not only their position as women seen from a feminist perspective but also from historical and contemporary positions in contrasting societies. It argues that an overall need to find an identity linked to the past is paramount for establishing a position for women in the future, and that the poetry achieves this through breaking with the traditional notions of women and poets. The article focuses particularly on the work by Grace Nichols and Loma Goodison. https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/11216CaribbeanPostcolonialPoetryWomen poetsTraditionCulture
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Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
Caribbean
Postcolonial
Poetry
Women poets
Tradition
Culture
title Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition
title_full Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition
title_fullStr Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition
title_full_unstemmed Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition
title_short Caribbean Women Poets - Disarming Tradition
title_sort caribbean women poets disarming tradition
topic Caribbean
Postcolonial
Poetry
Women poets
Tradition
Culture
url https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/11216
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